Deficiency Needs All living organisms have certain requirements for maintaining the life process. The minimum requirements needed to for life to continue consist of basic needs.  We usually think of basic need as consisting of air, food, water, shelter, sex, etc… When an individual or group is deficient in these needs their biological systems...
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Humanity can learn much about the rules of natures from dog training. How to use incentives is one of the most obvious natural rules we can learn from dog training. Out of the different forms of incentive the rules of positive reinforcement are the most important to experiment with and master. Positive reinforcement is...
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Some of the same natural rules for how learned behavior works can be seen in behavior that has a genetic basis. Sometimes these similarities can be difficult to see because behavior that has a genetic origin requires a much broader view to comprehend. Also, behavior from a genetic history takes much longer to change....
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The rules of nature are the most powerful force we can observe. We’re all controlled by the rules of nature, but we do have some control over how the rules affect us. Humans have the ability to change how nature is interpreted and acted on. Although we feel as though we control our behavior...
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Time is our most precious resource. Time is also a variable to accomplishing our goals. Time is one of the dimensions that influences our own behavior and the behavior of others. We can easily see the many aspects of time with our dogs. As we watch our puppies grow we can see time related...
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When things aren’t going so well don’t give up. Life is struggle and effort. Life is difficult and extreme competition makes things even tougher. I will use my Dog Days of Summer group as an example. This first round of offering the program publically is not going so well. I have invested much of...
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